How to speed up your network without replacing your AirPort Extreme Base Station<article>
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Apple’s AirPort Extreme Base Stations (AEBS) have never been a bargain, but they’ve always offered good speed and range. What’s really set them apart, however, is ease of configuration and the ability to connect remotely using Back to My Mac.</p><p>
If your base station is more than a few years old, though, the performance gap between it and newer routers may tempt you to replace it. That could leave you in a bit of a quandary: Replace it with a newer but relatively expensive $199
AirPort Extreme Base Station or switch to a lower-cost (and potentially higher-performing) third-party Wi-Fi router. Choose the former, and you replace functionality that still works perfectly well and spend top dollar for what may not be the best performance available. Or choose the latter and you lose out on that easy configuration and remote access. (And if the router you're thinking of replacing is an AirPort Time Capsule, you would lose convenient network backups via Time Machine.)</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2855559/how-to-speed-up-your-network-without-replacing-your-airport-extreme-base-station.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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How to speed up your network without replacing your AirPort Extreme Base Station
